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Researchers to focus on MS inflammation puzzleThe Kids Research Institute Australia researchers will seek to better understand the relationship between antibodies and inflammation in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), thanks to a generous grant from MS Research Australia.
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How the Australian bushfires can impact your family’s physical healthBushfires can have a considerable impact on our physical and mental health, with some symptoms lasting long after the blaze is extinguished. And our children are amongst the most vulnerable.
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Jonathan Carapetis honoured by the Greek communityProfessor Jonathan Carapetis AM, has been recognised as an outstanding member of the Greek diaspora in Australia for his longstanding excellence and leadership within the health and medical research sector.
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Concern for toddlers as low iron levels affect one in threeA third of Western Australian one-year-olds and up to two thirds of three-year-olds have low iron, a study by The Kids Research Institute Australia has found.
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High praise: two The Kids Researchers inducted into WA Women’s Hall of FameCongratulations to two of The Kids Research Institute Australia’s most respected female researchers – Professor Donna Cross and Professor Britta Regli-von Ungern-Sternberg – on being inducted into the Western Australian Women’s Hall of Fame.
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Taking part in Sore Throat Study a no-brainer for Perth familyWhen Ballajura mum Filomena saw a callout to families to participate in a simple sore throat study to combat Strep A infections, she didn’t think twice.
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Kids who skip breakfast have poorer NAPLAN results: studyAn Australian study has revealed the clear link between eating breakfast and academic success, with students who skip breakfast some or all of the time achieving poorer NAPLAN results than children who always eat breakfast.
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The Kids receives critical funding boost from WA GovernmentThe Kids Research Institute Australia is one of 20 West Australian research facilities to share in $25 million funding under the State Government’s Research Infrastructure Support (RIS) program, through the Future Health Research and Innovation (FHRI) Fund.
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Pioneering mental health researcher named a 2021 Human Rights Medal finalistCongratulations to trailblazing mental health researcher Professor Helen Milroy, who has been announced as a finalist for the 2021 Human Rights Medal.
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“Our kids are our future”: Barriers and facilitators to vaccine uptake and timeliness among Aboriginal children younger than five years in Boorloo (Perth), Western AustraliaRates of several vaccine preventable diseases, and associated hospitalisation, are higher among Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children than non-Indigenous children. Western Australia has among the lowest childhood vaccine coverage in Australia, particularly among Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children. Delayed vaccination is also more common in this population. This project aimed to understand the barriers and facilitators to vaccine uptake and timeliness among Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children aged under five years in Boorloo (Perth).